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COLTJBEID^. 



1. BhampMophis rubropimctatus. 



Dipsina rubropunotata, Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, 



p. 7, pi. i. fig. 3. 

 Rhagerrliis rubropunctatus, Qiinth. Ann. S/- Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, 



p. 827. 



Snout rounded, with, obtusely angular horizontal edge. Eoetral 

 broad above, measuring two thirds its distance from the frontal, 

 narrowed and y-shaped beneath ; internasals much broader than 

 long, much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal twice as long as 

 broad, slightly shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 longer than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; prseocular single 

 or divided, not reaching the frontal, its upper portion resting on the 

 loreal; two postoculars ; temporals 2 or 3+4; eight (rarely nine) 

 upper labials, fourth and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye; 

 four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are a little longer and much broader than the posterior. 

 Scales in 19 rows (21 or 23 on the neck). Ventrals 230-241 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 154-160. Brown or reddish brown above, 

 uniform or dotted with red ; bead reddish, without dark markings ; 

 upper lip and lower parts yellowish. 



Total length 1020 miUim. ; tail 340. 



Eilimandjaro, E. Africa. 



a. c? , bad state (V. 230 ; Kilimandiaro. Sir H. H. Johnston, 



0. 154). [P.]. 



2. EhamphiopMs oxyrhynchus. 



Psammophis oxyrhynchus, Reinh. Vid. Selsk. Skrift. x. 1843, p. 244, 



pi. i. figs. 10-12. 

 Khamphiophis rostratus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 624, and 



Seise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 124, pi. xix. fig. 1 (1882). 

 Coelopeltis oxyrhynchus, Jan, Elenco, p. 89 (1863), and Icon. Gin. 



34, pi. i. fig. 1 (1870) ; F. mm. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 



p. 682. 

 EhagerrMs unguiculata, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 



p. 422, pi, xix. fig. G. 

 Coelopeltis porrectus, Jan, Icon. Gin. 34, pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Eliamphiophis oxyrhynchus, Peters, Seise n, Mossamh. iii. p. 126. 

 Rhagerrhis oxyrhynchus, Gunth. Ann. |- Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, 



p. 327. 



Snout obtusely pointed, with angular horizontal edge, somewhat 

 looked in profile. Upper portion of rostral as long as or a little shorter 

 than its distance from the frontal ; internasals broader than long, 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal about twice as long as broad, 

 nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; two or three praeooulars, 

 upper not reaching the frontal; two or three postoculars ; temporals 

 small, 2 or 3 + 3 or 4; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fifth or 

 fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in con- 

 tact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than 



